MCT's 'Deathtrap is a Non-stop Thrill Ride

Now almost 40 years old, there's good reason why DEATHTRAP
remains Broadway's longest-running thriller: It's a nonstop thrill
ride for the audience. And Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's solid
staging only underscores the fun in being frightened and outwitted
just when we think we know what's going on. "Nothing recedes like
success," laments renowned playwright Sidney Bruhl to his wife
Myra. Poor Sidney hasn't had a Broadway hit in 18 years; now one of
his seminar students, Clifford Anderson, has written a great play
first time out. Yep. It's called DEATHTRAP. What would someone
actually do to be a success... again? Lie? Steal? Murder? DEATHTRAP
not only entertains and thrills for its two-and-a-half hours (with
15 minute intermission), it raises questions as to who we really
are. The five-memeber cast serves the play well, as does director
Michael Cotey. Unlike the strictly serious 1982 movie with star
casting, Cotey and company pull out the underlying humor in this
very clever mystery.